From: Alexandru Popescu <the.mindstorm.mailinglist@...>
Date: 2005-08-25T05:34:10+09:00
Subject: Re: ruby way for piece of code

#: Nikolai Weibull changed the world a bit at a time by saying on  8/24/2005 10:09 PM :#
> Alexandru Popescu wrote:
> 
>> > def prepare_content(new_content)
>> >  updated_content = ""
>> >  new_content.each do |line|
>> >    if line =~ /^tags:\s+/i
>> >      $'.split(/\s+/).each{ |t| updated_content << " [[#{t} => #{t}]]" }
>> >      updated_content << "\n"
>> >    else
>> >      updated_content << line
>> >    end
>> >  end
>> >  updated_content
>> > end
>> >
>> > your code is messy,
> 
>> I have posted again the spec as it seems I haven't succeed to be clear
>> from the beginning. Sorry.
> 
> OK, so how about the following then:
> 
> def prepare_content(new_content)
>   updated_content = ""
>   new_content.each do |line|
>     if line =~ /^tags:\s+/i
>       $'.split(/\s+/).each do |token|
>         if token =~ /\[\[.* => .*\]\]/
>           updated_content << " " << token
>         else
>           updated_content << " [[#{t} => #{t}]]"
>         end
>       end
>       updated_content << "\n"
>     else
>       updated_content << line
>     end
>   end
>   updated_content
> end
> 
> (Why, and how?, are you processing the document for tag-expansion
> multiple times in this way?),
>         nikolai
> 

many thanks! it looks like Ruby now :-).

why and how:
Imagine it is f.e. a wiki page to which you are adding tags when you edit it, so just before saving 
it you can reach the situation where you have tags: a [[b => b]] c

:alex |.::the_mindstorm::.|